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Title: Survivor or nos?
Post by: oldtired on May 20, 2010, 05:23 PM

got e few survivor bits and bobs lying around and was just thinking that i realy like these old bits  :daumenhoch:, battled scared from the years of use and abuse ,  got to thinking again about nos stuff and how cool it is to get new stuff shiney in packets from years ago , all well and good ,,,but the old used stuff apeals to me even more , maybe its the tinkering about trying to get them to look new or the enevitable point at which you give up and think that'll do ,  so NOS or Survivor? 

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: markyp on May 20, 2010, 05:29 PM

im building another show pony at the mo but recently got hold of a blue ano pro neck stem in nice survivor shape,not my cuppa usually as i like all things minty,but for some reason im totally digging this stem and am reallly looking forward to seeing it battle scars 'n' all on my latest build.

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on May 20, 2010, 05:38 PM

nice clean survivor for me

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: Spen69 on May 20, 2010, 06:01 PM

Survivor or bits I've restored myself from near scrap to new decals everytime for me.

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: STUMPYLEE on May 20, 2010, 09:44 PM

i've only got 1 minter now but i have a survivor kuwie that i love more & i can ride it, my thoughts changed last year when i went to mk with 2 showbikes & nothing to ride about on. Got to love a rider!!! :smitten:

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: Moose on May 21, 2010, 07:40 AM

It's really difficult to get survivor parts to match - most survivors I've had have changed over the years and normally come with shit 90's/00's parts added. To change these for nice 80's survivor parts in the right colours can be quite difficult.

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: dordymush on May 22, 2010, 01:43 PM

survivor for me now  :daumenhoch:.
i get bored of seeing the same parts on every build too.
its like we never used anything other than mx1000's and flite cranks  ;D

i know we only had opc round my way so thats what im using from now on and rusty as hell too lol.

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: skidmark on May 22, 2010, 02:23 PM

I prefer them a bit battered.  I wanna ride the things... even if it's just to go the shop for a loaf.  They're bound to get scratched sooner or later and I don't want to scratch a 2 grand BMX.  There's also no way I'd pay what some of those nos parts sell for!!!!  Mingers for me (bikes). :)

Title: Re: Survivor or nos?
Post by: Bettyswallocks on May 22, 2010, 05:25 PM

Survivor everytime, satisfying knowing you've restored and re used parts where possible

Anyone can buy nos bits and bolt em on... wheres the fun in that...  :-\